From $600 per vehicle, a private one-way ride from Port of Miami to Bithlo — cruise-terminal pickup, door-to-door in an SUV or van.
The fare covers the whole vehicle, not a single seat, so one flat price carries your cruise party for the whole run. It locks the moment you reserve and never moves for traffic or the day you sail.
When the ship clears and you roll off with your bags, the driver is already curbside at the cruise terminal. In the baggage hall, checked cases are laid out by tag color, and a red-cap porter with a cart can wheel a family’s pile to the curb for a tip if pushing your own feels like too much. That curb is the hand-off point. Meet-and-greet is part of every booking; want the driver holding a name sign right at the door? Add it when you reserve for a $40 charge. Pass along the ship and terminal early so the pickup slots into your true off-time.
Set on the eastern flank of greater Orlando, Bithlo is a low-key, semi-rural spot where housing tracts offer way to open country lanes and broad horizons. Instead of coastal towers you get green acreage and an unhurried pace. From the cruise terminal the run climbs north up the state, mostly on Florida’s Turnpike, and finishes at whatever address you send — a vacation house, a family member’s doorstep, or a room in one of the east-Orlando suburbs neighboring.
Expect a multi-hour interstate stretch up the peninsula, not a short crosstown hop — the town lies a long way inland, up toward the eastern edge of greater Orlando. No single drive-time number is promised here, since a debarkation day shifts with how many vessels empty at the same hour and how clear the northbound lanes happen to be. Leave mid-morning on a quieter sailing date and the miles tend to pass evenly; a packed multi-ship morning or a long holiday weekend stretches things, and the driver reads traffic live to find the open lanes.
The visitor draw here is the local community park, with ball fields, courts, and broad open lawn — space for a family to move around and unwind after a week aboard. Details on the grounds sit on the county’s Bithlo Community Park page and in Visit Orlando’s park listing. Past the town line, the broader east-Orlando region reaches toward the theme parks and shopping the region is known for. Since the town itself is small and mostly residential, plenty of cruise guests stay in the neighboring suburbs and just offer the driver the precise address, which spares them any search for parking or transfers.
Yes — the private vehicle can continue from the port to Miami International or Fort Lauderdale as a door-to-door drop. Share the flight details when you reserve and the driver paces the trip to it. Pickups start at the port, and drops to other airports or cities are part of the service.
The ride from the Port of Miami to Bithlo covers 223.9 miles and takes about 3 hours 40 minutes in light traffic via Florida’s Turnpike and I-95. Each vehicle has its own fare: Black SUV $600, Van $850, Van XL $1050. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 223.9 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drive time | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike, I-95 |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Bithlo | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
The return covers the same 223.9 miles: pickup at your address in Bithlo, drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 3 hours 40 minutes. From Bithlo the Black SUV costs $600, the Van $850 and the Van XL $1050. Open the booking box with the points swapped and choose the date and time. Book the return
Bithlo is 223.9 miles by road from the Port of Miami. In light traffic the drive takes about 3 hours 40 minutes via Florida’s Turnpike and I-95; rush hour can add time, but it is a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $600 for the Black SUV.
Book the time you expect to walk out of the terminal with your bags, not the docking time. The waiting rules for slow disembarkation days are on the FAQ page linked below. The drive to Bithlo then takes about 3 hours 40 minutes.
At the curb outside your own cruise terminal (the terminals are listed below). Before the pickup you get the driver’s name, car and plate; when you are outside with your bags, message us and the car pulls up for the ride to Bithlo.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $600. Larger groups going to Bithlo take the Van at $850, for 9 passengers and 9 cases, or the Van XL at $1050, for 14 and 14. One carry-on each is included.
We do. The driver picks you up at Bithlo and takes you to your cruise terminal for $600 (Black SUV), $850 (Van) or $1050 (Van XL). Plan on about 3 hours 40 minutes for the 223.9 miles, more at rush hour.
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After a long week at sea, having the ride already handled to Bithlo was such a relief. We got a clear confirmation, so there was nothing to worry about at the terminal.
Cruising with the family, we wanted the port end handled, so a private van waiting at the terminal Bithlo was perfect. The kids crashed in the car after the cruise, and getting straight to Bithlo without a scramble at the port was a relief.
My husband and I had a wonderful cruise and capped it off with a private car ready at the curb to run us out to Bithlo — not a worry at the terminal. There was a thirty-minute cushion from the agreed time, so we never had to rush to gather the bags.
After our sailing, my husband and I weren’t going to gamble on a ride at the terminal, so we pre-booked a private car to Bithlo. The ride to Bithlo was easy the whole way, cool and comfortable, and we could just relax after the cruise.
We cruised as a group and wanted all of us and the bags in one private ride to Bithlo after disembarking. The fare was fixed when we booked, no surprise on a busy disembarkation morning.